Uwarunkowania środowiskowe a rozwój rolnictwa górskiego w polskich Karpatach

Fragmented farm structure in the Carpathians, insufficiency of land in relation to labour resources and other conditionings show clearly that combining the inhabitants' survival solely with agriculture is not economically justified. In the present situation, development of the Carpathian mountain areas based only on agriculture would lead to pauperisation of the local communities. In order to counteract this process, it is necessary to address direct aid to agriculture and to support the development of non-agricultural activities, mainly services for tourists, in these areas. The realisation of the above mentioned objectives requires multidirectional efforts, such as: state support for farms, activation of rural areas, generating farm incomes from tourism, providing conditions for rational labour resources management as well as consolidation of capital, natural environment protection and utilisation of border localisation of the termin. Modernisation of agriculture may also play an important role but it should be closely connected with multifunctional development of the mountain areas.